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ADMA announces grand judging panel for 2016 AC&E Awards

Announcement posted by ADMA 11 Jul 2016

Sydney, 11 July 2016 – The Association for Data-driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA) today revealed the twelve distinguished marketing and advertising leaders who will head up the judging panels for the third annual Australian Creativity and Effectiveness Awards (AC&E Awards).

“Our judging panel is a who’s who in the Australian advertising and marketing landscape and a testament to the esteem that the AC&E Awards are held in,” said Jodie Sangster, ADMA CEO. “The calibre of our judges combined with the introduction this year of an external audit process for shortlisted finalists will ensure that the AC&E Awards remain the most prestigious in our industry.”

The chairs for the 2016 AC&E Awards are:

Simon Lee, ECD & Partner, The Hallway

Chair: Campaign – Customer

Luke Brown, CEO & Co-Founder, Affinity

Chair: Campaign - Integrated

Jennifer Vandekreeke, Vice President Australia, Carnival Cruise Linesz

Chair: Campaign - Integrated – Small Budget

Mark Lollback, CEO, Group M

Chair: Campaign - Media

Megan Brownlow, Editor, Australian Entertainment & Media Outlook, PWC

Chair: Channel- Broadcast

Matt Griffin, Chief Executive, Deepend Group
Chair: Channel – Digital

Stuart Tucker, General Manager - Brand, Sponsorship & Marketing Operations, Commonwealth Bank
Chair: Channel – Mobile

Andrew Knott, CMO, NAB
Chair: Content

Nick Garrett, Managing Director, Clemenger Melbourne
Chair: Craft & Technique

Karen Ganschow, Head of Customer Relationship Marketing & Digital, Westpac
Chair: Data

Jason Juma-Ross, Head of Tech, Entertainment, Comms, Facebook
Chair: E-commerce

Marta Debillis, VP of Marketing APAC, Adobe
Chair: Technology

This year ADMA has introduced an external audit process for all shortlisted finalists in the awards. The Audit committee will be chaired by Luke Brown CEO of tech-driven, CX and creative agency AFFINITY and will work to confirm that all shortlisted winning entries are entirely legitimate in order to eliminate the possibility of scam or tenuous ‘awards fodder’ entries to the AC&E Awards.

About the ADMA AC&E Awards

The ADMA AC&E Awards reward the year’s best marketing, advertising and media campaigns, judging 50 per cent on creative and 50 per cent on effectiveness. 

Entries close at 5.00pm AEST on 22 July 2016. Finalists will be announced 19 September and winners will be announced on 27 October at the gala evening at Sydney’s The Star, Pyrmont. To learn more, enter or get your tickets to the gala evening, visit https://www.adma.com.au/event/ace-awards-2016

About ADMA

The Association for Data-driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA) is the principal industry body for information-based marketing, media and advertising as well as the largest marketing and advertising association in Australia. ADMA has over 600 corporate members including major financial institutions, telecommunications companies, energy providers, leading media companies, travel service companies, airlines, major charities, statutory corporations, educational institutions and specialist suppliers to the industry, including advertising agencies, software and internet companies.